Gun culture

Defense of justification is when there is imminent danger and police are not there to protect you. For example somebody broke into your home at night with a weapon and you do what you have to do to protect yourself. Defense of excuse is when someone knows what they did was wrong, but they are not responsible. If the defendant had a mental disease, was just a little kid when the incident took place or acted under duress. You can use self-defense to prevent death or serious bodily harm, if you…

Crime Theory Paper Over the past two decades’ crime rates in Detroit, Michigan have fluctuated but continues to hold the highest rate of homicides for a major city in the entire country. Many citizens of Detroit find it difficult to meet their own basic needs to survive. The education system has steadily failed many of the youth, and the city has just emerged from bankruptcy. With it’s crime linked to economic decline, and substantial poverty, Detroit’s state of crime may be best explained using…

Imagine our youth holding guns in their pint-sized hands, shooting the innocent, and brainwashed by drugs that overwhelm their bodies. Sadly, we live in a world where there are child soldiers. Some people say that we should punish those who are homicidal murders, but I do not agree. I believe that child soldiers should be forgiven for their crimes because they were under drugs, forced to fight, and have a chance to come back to society. But what about when they get older? People should look…

quickly and respected because he came to one of the citizen's aid. The towns had two completely different views on them, but they both were accepted and admired by younger kids in both of the movies. In Shane, he comes to the town and helps them with gun shooting skills. He is in a shoot-out in the saloon with the group of guys in the towns gang and defeats them, as Shane is leaving; Joey starts asking Shane questions and then finally yells at him when he is quite a long distance away. In Pale…

Dave Sanders bought himself a gun. He thought that having this gun would bring him respect and power, hoping that he will be looked at as a true man. I believe that because the main theme of this story is the search for power, that the gun represents the things that Dave does not have. These things include the major points such as, freedom, respect, and especially power. I believe that the author conveys the idea of searching for power through the symbol of the gun. Dave saw himself in a world…

then pulled out a gun and threatened to shoot if she didn’t give him money. Will knows that calling the police won’t get the robber in time to save all of the woman’s valuable things in her purse. He wants to help but he really doesn’t know if he will shoot him if he tries to help the woman. When he works up the courage to go get him he starts to run across the street to go after him. When he gets to him, the robber turns and shows that he will use the gun. The robber pulls out the gun and…

During my time in the Army, I have had plenty of obstacles, one in particular would be when I was a RTO (radio tech operator) and we were attached to another battalion to go raid a village. We patrolled all night until we walked twelve miles to our location avoiding helicopters flying in the sky looking for us. Once we finally set up an OP (observation post) we had a team go out and recon the village and we established a plan on how we were going to attack the village. My squad only had about…

If you are moving, you might think that you can take everything in your home with you. While you can take most things, you cannot take all of them. Some things are prohibited by most moving companies, while others are just dangerous to move. So what shouldn’t you plan to take with you on your move? Here’s four things you probably won’t want to, or can’t, take with you: 1. Potentially Dangerous Items Anything that could be potentially dangerous should not be packed and moved. In general,…

it represents the three main components of an early firearm. The stock is the wooden holder for the barrel to be mounted and allowing the gun to fire on the shoulder or from a hand. The barrel is of course, the barrel of the firearm. The lock is a mechanical contrivance that is used to light the charge of gunpowder in the chamber of the barrel. The very first gun to have all three of these components was the matchlock, which was made in the early 1400’s. Many of these early hand cannons were lit…

country where guns are found everywhere such as streets and households. Since all individuals are allowed access to guns without the due restrictions. Because of this, gun control is one of the most dangerous and serious topics that government needs to deal with. Every day is more devastating when we hear about a massacre involving guns. Unfortunately, America has become in a little time the country that leads the list of countries where more violence occurred involving guns. America's gun…